Jack Kelly

Unbridled zeal and nonstop zest propel "Newsies" in Hollywood. The North American tour of Alan Menken, Jack Feldman and Harvey Fierstein's adaptation of the 1992 film about the Manhattan newspaper boys' strike of 1899 sailed into the Pantages Theatre on Wednesday, and the walls may still be vibrating as you read this.

A shrewdly calculated blend of unapologetic sentiment, blank social statement and sheer moxie, "Newsies" was something of a surprise hit in 2012, though considering how its flop source material had become a cult item over the years, its crowd-pleasing stage success shouldn't really have been...

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